He laughed.
He picked up the brush again and replied:
"Mr., are you a person?"
"Or are you the representative of destiny?"
"You come from a mysterious place?"
This era emphasizes the unity of heaven and man and the divine appointment of the ruler's power. Li Si's view is not really unique.
...
Zhao Pei An looked at his phone, "Why do I feel that one after another consider me as destiny..."
That's true. According to the concepts of people back then, someone who lived so long and knows everything must be a part of destiny.
Transdimensional?
This concept will appear long after a very long time...
Zhao Ping'an pondered for a moment, knowing that this would likely be his last conversation with Li Si. He said,
"You can understand it like this, and it's also acceptable."
"Just ask this? What else do you want to know?"
Oh my, you've lived for sixty years and your only curiosity is about who I am?
...
Li Si looked at the board and smiled, "Indeed."
"I still guessed it right."
"I am the favored one of destiny!"
He burst out laughing, "Alright, I won't ask so many questions anymore."
He actually had many questions to ask, about the state of the Great Qin, about the future, and about how to break the deadlock.
However, he himself could not think of a way to break the deadlock.
The only way is to completely abandon the original centralization of power, which is not much better than not breaking the deadlock.
Even if it is fate, and even if he can prevent the thousands of arrows from being shot by Qi Fa, what good does it do?
Whatever will be, will be.
Even a figure like Mr. Li who represents fate does not stand on his side. It is either that the fate of the Great Qin is already set, or they will find their own way to break the deadlock.
Li Si thought for a moment and then asked the question he most wanted to know:
"Mr., how do you view us?"
"What is your attitude towards us?"
...
Zhao Ping'an looked at his phone, "How do you view them?"
"I treat all of you as historical figures."
"The mighty Yangtze River flows eastward, waves washing away heroes."
"You are all waves in the long river of history."
"This is the first time I have seen history, the first time I have come to the riverside to admire the waves, to admire the great tide of Great Qin."
"I don't know how many more times I'll be able to see it."
...
Li Si looked at the board and burst out laughing, "Waves? Tides!"
"Indeed, you are the master!"
After becoming the Prime Minister of Qin, he read the history of Zhou for eight hundred years, and the metaphor of waves as flowers is truly excellent!
He took out a jade pendant, placed it on the ground, and wrote with a smile:
"Mr. Li Si is now seventy years old."
"Mr. Li Si also has a jade pendant. As Mr. Li is childless, this jade pendant is given to you."
"Since you are destined, since you look at the present from the perspective of history, won't you become increasingly indifferent?"
"Ha ha, Li has observed the world for seventy years. I have long felt a bit indifferent."
"It seems that many things, in a way, are somewhat boring."
"The jade pendant will be given to you."
"I wish that, as one destined by heaven, in the long process of viewing the world, you do not become indifferent and do not feel disappointed by the affairs of people."
"Just keep moving upwards."
He closed the board and pushed open the door to his bedroom.
Day had broken.
"Let me go to the palace. I want to see the King!"
...
"Li Xun?"
Zhao Ping'an looked at his phone, "Do you give me the jade pendant?"
"Coldness?"
Zhao Ping'an looked at his phone, then at the computer screen displaying a stock of 4859 items of steam, "How could I be cold?"
At least not for now.
He looked at the screen, "Master successfully acquires: 'Li Si's hereditary jade pendant'."
[Effect: When the master needs it, it can directly replenish 50% of the master's fortune value.]
"Is it that direct?"
It's just taking Qiuneng right?
[Next, continue to lead the master back to the main storyline.]
[After chatting with Li Si, you went to see Qin Shi Huang.]
[He exhausted all his life's methods to persuade Qin Shi Huang to try to reduce the burden on the world as much as possible.]
[With this in mind, he sought the future of the descendants of the Great Qin and the officials in the court for the posthumous future.]
[Unknown reason, Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's words for the first time this time.]
[He relaxed the taxes and at the same time gave up the pursuit of immortality, beginning to train in Zhao Men Wushu]
[He also envied Li Si for his vigorous state at the age of seventy.]
[He also ordered the construction of the Qin Shi Huang Tomb.]
[In 210 BC, the Qin Shi Huang Tomb was roughly completed. Emperor Qin Shi Huang again started his journey to visit all over the world.]
[Their first stop, was the Shahuo Palace.]
[This was a brand new route of visiting, which was Qin Shi Huang's plan to surprise everyone]
"Damn... so soon?"
Zhao Ping'an quickly associated this with some negative events in history...
Shahou's Rebellion!
Historically, it was during this rebellion that Emperor Qin Shi Huang met his end.
"Is the Shahou Rebellion about to come?"
In the original timeline, the Shahou Rebellion was indeed about to happen in a few years from now. However—
What about after the change?
In the Shahou Rebellion, due to Qin Shi Huang's illness since childhood, coupled with his extreme workload, huge amount of documents to review daily, and high temperatures during his tour, it was very likely that he would fall ill and die on the way.
Some scholars speculate that he may have died of epilepsy, a sudden disease that can cause death within a short period of time.
Of course, some scholars like Guo Moruo speculated that he was killed by Li Si and Zhao Gao, saying he was killed by nails or something similar.
However, in this worldline, it is complete nonsense. For Qin Shi Huang, Li Si and his adoptive father are of no difference. If Li Si wanted to seize power, he could have done so when Qin Shi Huang was still young.
At that time, Qin Wang Zheng was much easier to bully than the current Emperor Qin Shi Huang. With Li Si being an old minister since the reign of Emperor Zhuangxiang of Qin, and having great fame and merits, he could have developed into a character like Huo Guang. It was unnecessary to murder Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
"Should just be a case of overthinking, I suppose..."
Zhao Ping'an shook his head.
"Emperor Qin's visit to all over the world was already a very common thing. It was also something that the officials were used to."
"But what's different this time is that Li Si went along with Emperor Qin."
"Li Si's attitude towards Emperor Qin was actually very complicated. As the teacher who grew up with Emperor Qin, Li Si was like the... uncle?"
"He knows that there are many people in the court who are coveting Emperor Qin's power, and he wants to protect Emperor Qin first."
"The tour has started."
"On the other hand, Liu Bang did something that everyone didn't expect."
"This year, Liu Bang was responsible for escorting convicts to Lishan Mountain, but many convicts escaped along the way."
"The remaining convicts were very uneasy, knowing that Liu Bang's supervision would only get worse."
"They discussed strategies and felt that if they didn't run at this moment, they would have no chance after that."
"They decided to find an opportunity to kill Liu Bang."
